17th Bidding Round

The ANP board approved on April 1, 2020 the temporary suspension of the 17th Bidding Round for areas for exploration and production of oil and natural gas, under the concession regime, which was scheduled for this year, in response to a request from the Ministry of Mines and Energy. The National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) will define a new schedule for the bidding process.

On November 19, 2019, the Resolution No. 24 of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) was published in the DOU, authorizing the ANP to hold the Seventeenth Bidding Round for Exploration and Production of Oil and Natural Gas, under the concession regime.

One hundred and twenty eight blocks will be offered in the Pará-Maranhão Maritime Sedimentary Basins (SPAMA-AUP1 sector), Potiguar (SPOT-AP2 and SPOT-AUP2 sectors), Campos (SC-AP1, SC-AP3 and SC-AUP2 sectors) , Santos (sectors SS-AP4, SS-AUP4 and SS-AUP5) and Pelotas (sectors SP-AR1, SP-AP1 and SP-AUP1), totaling 64.1 thousand km² of area.

Previously, on August 30, 2018, CNPE Resolution No. 10 was published in the DOU, which established the guidelines for the multiyear planning of bidding for oil and natural gas exploration and production in the 2020-2021 biennium and authorized the ANP to hold the 17th Bidding Round of blocks for exploration and production of oil and natural gas, under concession regime, in 2020.

Click on the links below to view the information of the 17th Bidding Round:

General Map of exploratory blocks

General Map

Sectors.shp

Information on confronting states and municipalities

Confronting states and municipalities

Maps by sedimentary basin and sector

SC-AP1, SC-AP3 and SC-AUP2 Sectors

SPAMA-AUP1 Sector

SP-AR1, SP-AP1 and SP-AUP1 Sectors

SPOT-AP2 and SPOT-AUP2 Sectors

SS-AP4, SS-AUP4 and SS-AUP5 Sectors